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The Music Matters series of 45-RPM releases keeps coming up with gems, such as this fifth addition to the Horace Parlan discography. By 1963, Parlan’s group had added the unique talents of Johnny Coles on ...

Salvant is the newest great promise of a female jazz vocalist to carry on the traditions of the greats. In this, her first release, she displays a deep, powerful voice with lots of athletic flexibility, ...

On the second of January every year, the BPI (the British Phonographic Industry, basically the RIAA of the United Kingdom) and the Official Charts Company releases details of music sales performance in the previous year. ...

From the Linn Records press release: Enjoy the gift of free high-resolution music this Christmas Award-winning record label and high quality music systems manufacturer, Linn, have announced their special gift to music lovers this Christmas. ...

(Editorial Note: Late last week, AVguide received word that the HDtracks, the well-regarded high-res music download service, is now offering Verve Music Group offering in 96kHz/24-bit format. Below is the text of the HDtracks announcement, ...

Last weekend, there was an audio show in Manchester, England. Although very successful in its own right, a lot of the equipment on demonstration there had been seen before, was very home theater oriented or ...

Dreaming Through the Noise If you like singer-songwriters, but are looking for a different sound, try this. I'd compare Vienna Teng's latest to something, but saying she's like Cowboy Junkies meets Lucinda Williams isn't really ...